LANCASTEK DADA INTELLIGENCE! TUESDAY APKIL 4 1882
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Lancaster fntelUgencet.
TUESDAY EVENING, APBUi 4, 1882.
Bad Beek-keeplng or Worse I
Ceuaty Solicitor Fulton writes te the
New Era as fellows, touching certain
Ones which it said it could find no re
cord of ever having reached the county
treasury:
The fines iu the case mentioned .were
imposed by the court of quarter 'sessions
en conviction of certain offenses, the sen
tences in these cases were recorded by the
quarter sessions clerk en his minutes, bills
wet made out and put in the sheriff's
hands, who took charge of the prisoners
until the fines and costs were paid, or
defendants served their time in jail for
fines and costs, or were discharged under
the insolvent laws.
If the fines were paid te the sheriff he
would credit that amount en his bill
against the county and have his bill for
the balance approved by the county solici
tor, and get a warrant from the county
commissioners for thai sum. The sherifl's
accounts with the ceanty should show all
debts and credits, and therefore these can
readily be found. These flues, I think,
cannot be in the sheriff's accounts for the
year 1881, but last year's audit of the
sheriff's accounts by the county auditors
musthave or should have included these
as well as all jury fees collected during the
year 1880. The last beard of county au
ditors failed te find any jury fees due the
county, notwithstanding the fact that the
amount collected by the prothenotary
could have been had for the asking. Their
Topert was appealed from by the county,
argued before the court last September
and new awaits a decision. As te for
feited recegnizances, they seem, for sev
eral reasons, te vanish in the gathering.
One is that the defendants may have them
respited or remitted ou presenting them
selves for trial or compromising their
difficulties with the prosecutors, and this
is frequently done. Anether is that magis
trates have frequently taken worthless
bail from whom nothing could be collect
ed when the recognizance was sued out ;
se that of the dozen or mere recegnizances
sued out by me during the last two years
only one hundred dollars has been collect
ed, and that has been paid into Hie county
treasury, as shown by the county treas
urer's receipts in the county commission
- or's receipt book kept in the commission
er's office, dated January 3, A. D., 1882,
as by reference thereunto being had will
fully appear.
Upen which the JYcie Era drops te the
original position of the Intelligencer
that " the fact of a bad system of book
keeping in relation te the different offi
ces is still apparent, and it istebe hoped
the beard of auditors new sitting will de
what their predecessors failed te de, and
that the court will no lengerdelayin de
ciding the question argued before them
en the county's appeal se long age as
last September."
Upen examination and inquiry in
court house circles we fail te find that
there has been kept in the sheriff's office
and returned te the county treasury an
account of the fines, costs and recegni
zances received for the county. In'the
" miscellaneous receipts " of the treas
urer for the past three years no such items
appear, and it is said no such receipts
have been had. If received at all
County Solicitor Fulton intimates that
the sheriff " would credit that amount
en his bill against the county and have
his bill for the balance approved by the
county solicitor, and get a warrant from
the county commissioners for that sum."
He ought te knew that this is net a
proper procedure. He should net ap
prove any bills made out in that way.
The moneys paid te the sheriff for the
county should be paid ever te it and
should appear in full en the books of the
county treasurer in his statement, and
this system of accounting ought te be
inaugurated without further delay. Last
year, at least, the sheriff claimed
and was granted by the auditors
exemption from accountability for the
jury fees in civil cases en the ground that
the prothenotary, and net he, had re
ceived them. This position i3 net tena
ble because it is his business te collect
them, and if he deputed it te the pro pre pro
teonotary or allowed him te usurp it, he
cannot escaie liability for them, though
he may have his remedy against the
prothenotary. The new protheno
tary, wc are informed, refuses te
take them, and before entering a ver
dict requires from the parties recovering
judgment that "they show a receipt from
the sheriff for the jury fee paid.
But even this lame explanation will
net explain why there have been, or at
least appear, no payments of costs, fines,
and forfeited recognizes from the sher
iff's office into the county treasury.
eneriu nign sueuiu at once provide a
public record, upon which he should
cause te be entered moneys received by
him for the county, and the county com
missioners should enforce a settlement
of that account at least monthly, irre
spective of the sheriff's bills against the
county, se that parties who are interest
ed te knew whether, moneys paid or
ordered te be paid te the county ever
reach the treasury can ascertain the
facts.
The county solicitor is eminently
right jn his complaint that forfeited re re
eognizances " vanish in the gathering"
for reasons which he enumerates. Had he
examined a series of cases recently dis
posed of in the quarter sessions, he could
have discovered another way by which
costs taxed failed te reach the county
treasury. Fer example, in four cases in
which J. Kahler ' Snyder was sentenced
te pay the costs, a total of $16, which be
longed te the county and would have
helped te defray the expenses these cases
subjected it te, has been remitted by
County Commissioners Myers and
Summy. This was a clear ' give away"
of that much money belonging te the
county for the benefit of a man who in
curred the penalty of paying it in a
blackmailing enterprise at law. When
commissioners themselves indulge in
that sort of looseness, the public cannot
expect any different sort of housekeep
ing and book-keeping than that which
theauditerrare new laboriously exam
ining, and which we venture nothing in
saying will expose a condition of rotten
ness and malfeasance that demands
swift punishment of the wrongdoers.
The preservation of our forests and
the replacing of our timber lands is a
subject that should . never be allowed te
escape public attention. Despite the
loud alarms which have been sounded,
the reckless waBte gees en. Gen. Bris
bin, in his- letter te the World, which
we republish, sends his -warning from
the far "West where the destruction is
probably mere wanton than in the mere
lightly timbered regions, but everywhere
this subject is one of grave concern, and
en government lands at least the wood
man's axe should henceforth be used
sparingly and judiciously.
We are pleased te observe that our
" practical ' remarks ou editorial de
cency " are having a marked effect en
the manners if net upon the morals of
our highly esteemed contemporary, the
Examiner. Net only has it put an ex
tinguisher upon the ' ' red-het " warfare
of Squire Evans against Senater Kauff-
man and excluded from its editorial col
umns " a political loafer and editorial
dead-beat, who had his private axe te
grind " by abuse of its hospitality, but
it pillories the offender himself and even
chides the Intelligencer for "a
certain plainness and direction of speech
which, te some truth-loving people, has
especially recommended this journal."
'it is te be hoped, however, that our
estimable contemporary in its zeal te
propagate regard for the third command
ment will net overlook the ninth, as it
manifests some danger of doing when it
makes garbled quotations from the In
telligencer, emitting negatives and
essentially altering the sense in order te
serve its purposes. However, if the Ex
aminer keeps en it may yet make itself
something better than a "conduit of red
headed lies" and mere aromatic than a
" seweref saline gush."
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Paddy Ryan's backer says the Trojan
sold the light with Sullivan for $10,000.
Says Easter te Lent ;
"Your time i near spent.' '
Says Lent unto Easter ;
' 1 go as 1 please, sir."
A mono the cheap passengers by tlie
steamer City of Montreal en her return
trip te America, there were six hundred
young women stewed away in the steer
age, and net a man among them. They
all came ever te go into domestic service,
but that did net prevent many of them
beiug modest, pretty and vivacious.
Tub uniform of the regular army is at
tracting attention in England. It has
ever and ever again been- pointed out that
red is one of the most conspicuous colors
for soldiers te use. A column of red sol
diers makes an admirable target for the
enemy. Gray seems te be the most ad
vantageous color. Nature has demon'
strated this fact by the color of sucli wild
animals as hares and rabbits, who have
no means of defence except concealment.
The New Yerk Truth, an administra
tion paper which first published the Meroy
letter, says that "in casting aside the Stal
wart American soldier aud magistrate for
Sunday-school superintendents and Credit
Mebilier statesmen, we laid the founda
tion for that national disgrace which the
cowardly neglect of citizens arbitrarily im
prisoned in British jails has brought upon
us." Truth'' s editor has lately joined one
of the associations which run Republican
politics in New Yerk city.
OCR BLUE BLOOD.
Twe centuries aud a halt age
OH trudged te work with shouldered lioe
A woman, barefoot, browned and rough.
With pluck or Puritanic tuff.
Six lusty children tagged behind,
All hatless, shoeless, unconflned,
And happy as the birds that flew
About them. Naught of books they knew.
Save one they read at twilight hour,
Drought with them iu the staunch Mayflower.
A pretty lady thin and white.
In a hammock swinging light.
Languishes, and in the shade
Devours rhyme and lemonade.
While bending near, her lever sighs.
And gently lans away the llle.
She murmurs. '"Tis se nice that we
Are neither of low tamlly,
Itutet old l'uritanie stock.
That landed upon Plymouth Reck."
Harvard Lampoon.
Thehe is at least one lunatic who is
neither in the asylum nor in Congre'S.
David M. Richardson, of Detroit, Mich.,
sends us his views of what Congress ought
te de. He wants $15,000,000 of subsidies
granted annually te develop our com
merce; $300,000,000 spent ou au interr
ocean canal ; a new navy built ; expensive
coast defeuscs erected ; $00,000,000 spent
for Mississippi river improvements ;
$100,000,000 set apart for Mermen women
and children left helpless by the rigoieus
enforcement of anti-polygamy laws ; $15,
000,000 a year appropriated for federal
schools and rcvouue and tariff reforms
inaugurated en the same scale. Mr.
Richardson may be a satirist instead of a
feel.
It is well that the preachers knew what
is the matter with them. President Rob
inson, of Brown university, who is deliver
ing the course of Yale lectures en preach
ing, states that the proportion of people
who attend church is diminishing. Among
the reasons are skepticism, cheap litera
ture, the Sunday school and the practice
of preaching old sermons. He also men
tions the willingness of tee many churches
te exist en supplies of strange clergymen
from Sunday te Sunday, instead of secur
ing the services of a regular pastor. Te
these he adds the uneasiness of the pre
sent generation, and the lack of desire of
hearing the steady preaching of an old
fashioned" gospel. Rev. Dr. Geerge H.
Hepworth, in an article in the Independent
en the besetting sins of the ministry,
places among them the tendency of the
preacher te magnify bis office and the
officer ; the fact that it is always difficult
te oppose the wishes or the prejudices of
certain influential parishioners who Laber
under the hallucination that their money
gives them the right of constant interfer interfer
ference ; the tendency te say and de
things which are freighted with a solemn
meaning in such a perfunctory way that
their significance is lest ; and finally a
certain insincerity in preaching what the
preacher does net himself believe te be
strictly true.
The Catholic provincial council of Cin
cinnati denounce Patrick Ferd's Irish
World as a bad paper breeding insolence
and deCance of authority ; teaching com
munism ; assailing the rights of property :
and inciting te rebellion that can end but
in disaster. The council, go en te say :
"We therefore direct pastors te warn their
people against this paper, and, as far as in
them lies, discourage its circulation among
them. While, however, we thus condemn
as above enumerated, the pernicious doc
trines of the Irish World, we wish it dis
tinctly understood that by se doing we in
no sense sympathize with England in her '
oppression of Ireland ; nor de we in any
way favor a continuance of the present un
just system of landlerdism in Ireland. On
the contrary, we are ready te cooperate
with the bishops of Ireland in any legiti
mate effort te ameliorate the present un
happy condition of the Irish people. What
we condemn in the Irish World are the
illegitimate means it advocates, net its
efforts te better the condition of Ireland.
Let the causa of Ireland be pressed, but
let the means be legitimate. Lc the rights
of the landlord be recognized as well as
the rights of the tenant, se that while jus
tice is done the tenant, justice may also be
done the landlord. Thus the cause of
Ireland will commend itself te the honesty
and sympathy of the world."
Anether ex-treasury clerk helps te ex ex
pese Sherman's crooked ways with his
office, in his zeal te gain the presidential
nomination in 1880. It teems that he sent
one named Emersen te work up his cause
in Arkansas, and gave him leave of ab
sence while he neglected his official busi
ness. Sherman gave him a check for $100
with the advice te husband his resources.
Railroad fares there and return were $94,
leaving Emersen $C with which te work
up the convention and pay his own ex
penses. He stayed there two months, fre
quently writing te Sherman of his plans
and their probable cost, and receiving in
reply authority te go ahead. These plans
iucluded treasury appointments which
were subsequently made. Emersen had
himself elected a delegate te Chicago, but
the convention instructed for Grant, and
he was bound by instructions. Upen his
return Emersen presented a bill for ex
penses, nc says Sherman tried te evade
payment until confronted by his own writ
ten authority for incurring expenses
whereupon he gave Emersen $225. Shortly
afterwards he discharged Emersen from
the treasury for prolonged absence from
his desk. A letter from Powell Clayten is
subjoined te Emerseu's card in which that
statesman warns Emersen iu effect that
Sherman is a "bad let," and the caid
closes with extracts from Arkansas papcis
while Emersen was iu that state, showing
that he did geed work,for Sherman.
PERSONAL.
Ex-Gov. W.W.Heldcn, of North Caro
lina, was ou Sunday morning attacked
with paralysis at his residence in Raleigh.
The attack is thought te he a slight one.
James Gorden Bennett has contributed
$10,000 te the Actors' fund at New Yerk,
and the money has been transferred iu his
name by Mr. Lester Wallack te Treasurer
A. M. Palmer.
STEniEN Augustus Hukmjut, I;vte
United States minister te Peru, who died
suddenly of heart disease in Lima en the
28th of March was a brother of William
Henry Huklbut of the New Yerk World.
Jehn Russell Yenne will take a part
ner of his joys and woes te China with
him. The yeuiur kdy of his choice is
Miss Cehnan, niece of ex-Postmaster Gen
cral Jewell.
The celebrated case of the creditors of
Archbishop Pukcell was called in the
Hamilton county district court at Cincin
nati yesterday, but the parties net all
being ready the case was laid ever until
te-day. The chief question involved new
is as te the power of the assignee te sell
church property te pay the claims of the
creditors.
Baren Fnr.ncnicK Vex Beciitelsiikin,
cx-Aubti-iau uu.;ul at St. Leuis, who was
charged with etnbezzlement, was yester
day discharged in the criminal court en
the plea that the offense only came within
the scepe of the authority of the United
States courts. The Baren, it is said, had
defrauded several Austriau subjects of
money they had intrusted te him.
The WilkehbaiTO Recerd, se lately Stal
wart, has discovered since the Wilkes
barre posteffice affair that "Senater Cam Cam
eeon is lacking in the qualifications of a
great man and a successful leader ; that
his methods are dishonest ; that he bribes
members of Cengicss te assist him iu his
'schema, and the charge is directly made
that Scir.Lt en get the Wilkesbarrc post pest
office as a reward for his vote for Kcifcr
for speaker after he had premised iu writ
ing te vote for llisceck. Senater Cameren
in short, is a disgrace and damage te his
party, and his cxercisn of power is humil
iating te the htate." All the same, the
Recerd will support Cameren's Beaver for
governor after lie is nominated.
Iu playing Hamlet Anna Dickinsen
dresses in purple because that color is new
and always has been royal mourning at
every court in Europe. She also emits
the speech te the players because she
thiuks it spoils the dramatic intercs't of
the act and is superfluous. She argues
that it is very improbable that Hamlet,
under the circumstances would give
advice te a company of actors when he
would net care hew the play was presented
se that the murder was portrayed te
the king. Her agent sajs she had a splen
did reception an through the west ; iu
Omaha people carried lanterns through
three feet of mud te attend the play and
she met with royal welcorae everywhere
except at Atchison, where the chief and
eight policemen were net admitted dcad
head,and out of levengelhey went around
and get all the small boys they could and
told them te threw tin can3, bricks and
soap boxes up the stairs se that they
would make a noise falling down the
steps. In Springfield "dead-heads" were
se scarce that they had te sew up an old
boxing gleve aud use it for peer Terriclc's
skull. Only when the Dickinsen reached
New Yerk did spiteful critics open fire en
her. In Philadclpia, where she appeared
last evening the critics damm her with
faint praise, iutimatiug that the perform
ance is notable mainly because it is hers.
Oar own citizens will have a chance te
hear her en Tuesday evening of next week,
when the novelty of the entertainment at
least will doubtless attract a large audi
ence. Playing with Firearms.
Charles Fritche, jr., aud Jehn Burk
hard, cousins, both 'aged about fifteen
yeara, were handling a revolver in Seuth
Bethlehem, When the weapon was acci
dentally discharged. The hall entered
Fritche's left breast, and ledged in the
upper part- of the lung. The wound is
pronounced fatal.
"The Kid" Again.
"Billy, the Kid," was yesterday, at Al
bany, N. Y., sentenced te five years' im
prisonment for grand larceny in robbing
the manufacturers' bank, of Cohoes and
one year for escaping from prison.
HANLAN WINS AS USUAL
POLLING HIS OWN RACE OK THE TXJIK.
The Champien Oarsman Easily Defeats Boyd
and Disports Himself In the Pres
ence of a Dig Crowd.
An immense crowd of people, estimated
at hundreds of thousands, assembled at
Newcastle and along the river Tyne en
Monday te witness the race en the Tyne
between Edward Hanlan, of Terente, the
champion of the world, and Rebert Boyd,
the English oarsman, for $2,500 a side.
Boyd wen the toss for position, and chose
the north side or the river. The weather
was dull, with light shifting winds and
drizzling rain.
Boyd dashed away with the 6tart and
was a half length in front in a few strokes.
Hanlan, however, sculling in grand form,
caught him aud iu half a mile was
clear of him. Iranian's time te the
Eedhengh Bridge was 3 minutes 23
seconds. By this time Hanlan was
two lengths iu front aud the race was
ever. The Canadian was in magnificent
form, sculling easily and well, pulling
mere than twenty-eight strokes te the
minute and winning easily. Boyd was
screwing and Fn evident trouble, pulling a
very bad course above the bridge It was
quite clear that the Canadian could play
with Boyd, aud he seen began his old
tricks, such as playing with his ears every
new aud again and stepping dead for sev
eral seconds. Boyd struggled gamely en,
doing his best, but quite ineffectually.
Hanlan stepped, held up ene hand, blew
his nose, and generally disported himself,
but directly Boyd get anywhere near him
the champion pulled a dozen or se power
ful strokes and went right ahead. It was
as easy a task for Hanlan as the Layoeck
race was. The course was admirably kept,
there net being the slightest obstacle in
the way of the men. Hanlan wen by
seven lengths in 21 minutes G seconds.
The course was 3 miles 3J furlongs.
Thcre was net much betting. Five te
two was offered en Hanlan with few
takers, although three te one would have
been taken te a considerable amount
Haulau made the first mile in 5 minutes
15 seconds, the fastest time en record en
the Tyne.
JSSK JAMi;S li.lLI.KD.
Only Twe of the Missouri Train Henwera at
Large.
In a small frame shanty in the south
east part of St. Sescph, Me , en the hill,
net far from the World's hotel, Jesse
James has lived with his wife since seme
time in November last. Rebert and
Charles Ferd, two of his gang, had their
headquarters at his house. Charles, it is
said, has lived with him in the shanty ever
since November ; Rebeit arrived about
ten days age, and the three have been
making preparations for a raiding expedi
tion en which they were te start last night.
James and the two Fords were in the
front room together about 9 o'clock Mon
day morning. James took off his belt
and laid his pistol ou the bed, prepar
ing te wash himself, wheu Rebert Ferd
sprang up behind him and Kent a bullet
through his brain. The Ferd brothers at
ence made known what they had done,,
and gave themselves up. They are new
under guard at the court-house. A leek
at the body while it was being photo
graphed at the undertaker's showed that
he was a lino-loeking man, apparently 40
yeais old, with bread forehead, and his
physiognomy was that of an intelligent as
well as a resolute aud daring man. The
house where James lived and in which he,
was killed has the appearance of an armor'.
A number of guns and pistols, including a
repeating rills, a needle gun aud navy re
volvers, with a geed store of ammunition,
were found there. Jesse was in the habit
of wearing two belts, with a brace of very
fine revolvers and twenty-five extra car
tridges. Iu i' small stable near the house
were discovered several very fine horses,
the property of James.
The Ferd brothers claim that they are
detectives, and that they have becneu
James' track for a long time. It is be
lieved they were with James iu the Blue
Cut train robbery, and that they were in
fluenced in killing him by the hope of get
ting the big reward which has been offered
for James, dead or alive, by the governor
and by the express and railroad compa
nies. But two of the band (Frauk James and
Jim Cummings) are new at large.
AMKK1CANS JN BRITISH 1MUSONS.
A urcat Indignation Meeting in New Yerk.
A rrcat mass meeting was held in
Cooper Institute, New Yerk, last night, te
protect against the action of the English
government in detaining American citizens
iu English prisons. The hall was crowded
te its utmost, and thousands were unable
gain admission. Oa the platform were
many ladies and a number of Catholic
clergyman. Mayer Grace presided, and
Patrick Ferd was secretary. Addresses
were made by the mayor, Representative
S. S. Cox, ex-Speaker Randall, Represen
tative Godlevo S. Orth, of Iudiana,
Senater Jenes of Flerida, Repre
sentative Lord of Michigan. Congress
man Scranton of Pennsylvania, and
General Reger A. Pryer, General Samuel
F. Cary, of Ohie, aud Congressman Rob
inson of New. Yerk. Resolutions were
adopted declaring the disgust of the meet
ing at the sycophancy of Minister Lewell ;
that the honor of the nation demands his
recall ; that England is still an enemy, her
professions of friendship being a hollow
pretence; that "the present is net an
Irish or an English question, but decided
ly an Americau question," and request
the president, " in compliance with the
duties imposed upon him, te demand the
rolease of the Americau citizens new un
justly deprived of their liberty." Let
ters and despatches were read from
Tilden, Conkling, Seymour, Kernan and
ethers sympatiziug with the meeting and
its object s.
Tne Tite Sunken Steamers.
The Doure had en beard 50,000 iu spe
cie. Her crew numbered 81. The less of
life would have been much greater if the
collision had occurred earlier en her voy
age, as 175 passengers from Bfazil were
landed at Lisben. It is known that of
these en the Doure, the captain, four offi
cers, the first and second engineers and
four passengers are among the drowned.
The Liverpool agents of the Yrurac Bat
state that she had only nine steerage pass
engers, all of whom were Spanish and were
saved. A dispatch from the ageut of
Lloyds at Corunna, Spain, says the consul
and his family, from Pernambuco, were
saved. The name of the consul is net
given.
Thirty two persons are missing from the
Doure and nineteen from the Yrurac Bat.
Beating Out a Baby's Brains.
About 3 o'clock, seven miles east of
Knexvillf, William Vance murdered his3-year-eld
stepdaughter by crushing the
child's skull against the fleer. The child
was in bed with its mother and father and
became fretful during the night. Vance
get out of patience, jumped up seized the
child by its hair and beat-its head en the
fleer until its skull was crushed te pieces.
The screams of the mother brought two
neighbors te the house, aud they found
Vauce with the child in his arms. He laid
it down, aud started off toward the barn,
and made his escape ; but officers are en
his track who will catch him, as he is club
footed and travels slowly.
Sunday Liquor Selling in Philadelphia.
Philip J. Lauber, the restaurant keeper
has been arrested again for selling liquor
en Sunday at his place en North Bread
street. He will be given a hearing before
Magistrate Brown at 3 o'clock this after
noon. This was the only arrest made, al
though there were a dozen saloons open
within a few blocks of Lauber' s.- The,
informer was the nun Barnes, who caused1
the arrest a week age, and theiamepref
eeedings will be gene through with as
heretofore. Barnes says that when he
reached the restaurant en Sunday he was
invited inside, and that he would have
been received with all the honors of war,
but declined.
Election Kesults.
Returns from eleven out of the fifty-six
precincts of Cincinnati, show Republican
lesfcs which, at the same rate for the
ethers te be heard from, will give a Demo
cratic majority of 3,000, but it is likely
that the majority will be greater, as nene
of the German wards have been heard
from, where the Republicans expected the
heaviest losses.
In the city election at Hartferd, Conn.,
the Republicans re-elected Morgan G.
Bulkely mayor by 229 majority. They also
re-elected the city treasurer aud marshal.
The Democrats elected the city clerk,
auditor and collector.
The Democrats elected their mayor and
four aldermen yesterday at Keokuk, Iowa,,
and the Republicans eleeted their-city as
sessor and two aldermen.
Election Muddle at Norrlntewn.
At the last election at Norristewu,
Geerge F. Celeman, Jeseph Blackman and
Samuel Ovcrhelzer were elected te repre
sent the Sixth ward in council. At the
meeting of council yesterday for organiza
tion, objection was made "that it was
illegal te admit mere than one representa
tive from the Sixth ward." The president
sustained the objection, whereupon an in
junction was seived te show cause why
the members-eleet should net be admitted.
The matter was argued before Judge Ress,
who reserved bis decision until te-morrow.
Twe Wlf Murders.
Jehn Jonas, a middle-aged Bohemian,
killed his wife yesterday at Omaha, Neb.,
by sheeting her, and then shot and killed
himself. Mrs. Jonas was a notorious abor
tionist. Martin Jcffieys, a New Yerk longshore
man, yesterday beat his wife se badly that
her life is despaired of, because she refused
him money te spend in drink. He was
arrested.
Strnek a Bonanza.
The Cranberry iron company has dis
covered en its property in Mitchell coun
ty, North Carolina, two veins of the finest
magnetite ere, ene . of eighteen .feet aud
the ether thirty-four feet. They have
tunnelled through the veins in building a
railroad. There is much rejoicing among
the iron men of Chattanooga, Tenn., as it
insures te the Chattanooga mineral dis
trict an abundant supply of steel-makiug
ere.
Trouble in tne Iflruj.
Jehn J. Troxell, Jacob S. Lewis and
Jehn N. Barger, partners in the wholesale
millinery business, at Ne. 74 West Fourth
street, Cincinnati, have made an assign
ment te Alexander Faddack. Jehn N
Barger has brought suit against the ether
members of the firm asking that a receiver
be appointed. '
Steamship Officers Indicted.
Bills of indictment will probably be
draWp at Memphis, Tenn., charging "Dec"
Burant, the mate of the steamer Gelden
City, aud captain of the watch "Wash"
Smith with involuntary manslaughter in
connection with the recent disaster.
Reading's New Councils.
The city councils of Reading organized
yesterday by electing .Democratic oulcers.
Jehn II. Keppleman was chosen clerk of
select council. In common council F. S.
Jacobs was elected president and Geergo
H. Felix clerk.
. Kallrend Accident.
A west-hound train en the Little Miami
railroad was thrown from the track five
miles west of Xenia, Ohie, yesterday. The
engineer, named Livingston, Jehn Craft,
fireman and Themas Marigan, brakeman,
were injured, the fireman very seriously.
Big Fire in Wisconsin.
A fire at Otter Lake, Wisconsin, de
stroyed 6,000,000 feet of lumber belonging
te S. J. Murphy, the Otter Lake Lumber
company and ethers, and about twenty
buildings, making 14 families homeless.
Less, about $75,000.
Sentenced for Manslaughter.
Winder Culver was convicted en Satur
day at Salisbury, Md., of manslaughter in
killing one Hatten, a farmer, and sen sen
tence't te eight year:: imprisonment.
A Laberer Killed.
Matthew Schwiekert, a German, aged
35 years, while at work en some new
buildings ou Tenth avenue, New Yerk,
yesterday, was struck en the lud by a
falling beam aud killed.
Change of Name.
The Members of the New. Yerk butter,
eheese aud egg exchange yesterday de
cided by a vote of 140 te 23 te change the
title of the organization tejlie Mercantile
exchange. -
A Town Jliirne.l Down.
Half the business portion of Dayton,
Washington territory, was5 burned en Sun
day night. The less has net yet been as
certained. .Ne Electric Light.
The Dominion government has decided
net te light the Welland canal with elec
tric light, and will use gas at $10,000 per
annum.
Dlsbeut-st Letter Carrier.
Charles A. Hannaford, a mounted letter
carrier, was arrested yesterday at Atlant?,
Ga., for stealing letters.
Police Commissioners Removed.
Mayer Green yesterday removed the
three police commissioners of Bosten, and
will appoint ethers.
LOCAL INTELLIGENCE.
m '
Grade of Pupils.
The following is the grade of pupils in
attendance at the James street first
grade secondary school during the month
of March :
X CLASS.
Ed. Heitslut
Heckiou'Uryen..
Harry Apple
Clias. Leyden...
Lillie Miles
Clara Delict
Thee. Appel
9.-
90
Sue Troyer SI
Maggie steinmetz.. 74
Gee. Yeager 70
Katie Marratt 60
Lanra Sichcr CO
Jelm Council le
. 90
89
SS
, 87
, 83
B CLASS.
Fred. J.ute
Annie Jluelirle..
Frank Smith....
Marv Munson...
Chas. Sener
William Leng...
Samuel Beas....
Daisy Gorrecht..
Charles- Feil....
Christ Flick
Peter Flick
SIcKness.
9.
Ella Masen 71
Lizzie Flick 72
Walt-Barr 70
Carrie Benedict.... CO
Annie Smith CO
Gertie Zecher 30
Flera Miles SO
KatieMcIntyrc.... 20
SO
89
8;
SO
79
79
79
78
75
Sephia Cunningham 15
Adam j-inger iu
Interesting Lecture at the Vlaut Club.
Mr. Jehn C. Burrowes lectured last
evening before the Plant Club iu the Y.
M. C. A. rooms, en the subject of " ln ln ln
soctivcreus Plants." The lecture was de
voted exclusively te the explanation of the
means by which these plants subsist. By
the aid of crayon drawings Mr. Burrbwcs
elaborated the manner of the growth of
insectivorous plants, and showed hew dif
ferent species secured their feed by the aid
of tentacles ; securing insects by these,
and then in the manner of animal organs
digesting them by secretions net unlike
gastric juice,
The lecture was very interesting, and
was one of the most instructive that the
Plant club have listened te.
NO QOOBUM.
The Agriculturists' and Chicken Fanciers.
Yesterday morning was the time for the
regular monthly meeting of the Lancaster
poultry association, and yesterday after
noon for the stated meeting of the Lancas
ter agricultural and horticultural society ;
but there was Jioquerum present at cither,
and consequently no business was transacted.
BLYMEK'S SUICIDE.
TUECOKUmtR'9 INVESTIGATION OF IT.
Taking Ills Life Because of lllstress About
His Family.
At 10 o'clock this morning Corener
Shiffer reassembled his jury and witnesses
te take testimony relative te the death of
Geerge Blymer, whose suicide was report
ed in yesterday's Lntelligescer.
The first witness examined was Mrs.
Elizabeth Peters, who testified that Blymer
was greatly distressed by reasonef the in
fidelity of his wife, and had several times
said he would commit suicide. Witness
had tried te dissuade him and urged him
net te worry himself, hut he was discon
solate and wept bitterly, 6aying that all
this trouble had been brought upon him
by his wife. About a week age he sold
his furniture and said he would go te
Philadelphia, where he could earn
$20 a week. After be sold his
property he went ou a spree and
spent all the money for drink. On
Monday morning he was sober and toot
breakfast at witness' house. He asked
witness and her husband te take care of
his children, premisiug te pay for their
beard. Witness agreed te de all she could
for the children ; he kissed them, bid them
geed-bye aud left the house, and that was
the last she saw of him. His wife left him
last September, and Blymer said she was
living with another man in Delaware.
Jehn Langhran, engineer of engine Ne.
41, of the Pennsylvania railroad, which
ran ever and killed Blymer, testified that
his train was running cast en the south
track of the railroad yesterday morning
near the Coneslega bridge. There is a
heavy down grade at that point and he
was running at about twenty miles- an
hour. Leeking ahead he saw a man en
the track some 500 or 600 yards efF. lie
put his hand upon the bell rope with the
Intention of ringing it, but as the man
left the track and crossed ever te the
north side of the read be did net ring the
hell nor pay any further attention te the
matter. A moment later the fireman,
James A. Currcn, said, " Jehn, wc have
run ever a man." He whistled down
brakes and stepped the train as seen as
possible aud saw Blymcr's body- with the
head cut off lying upon the track, the
whole train having passed ever him.
James A. Curreu, the fireman, said he
saw the man leaning against the fence en
the north side of the track, seme hundred
of yards ahead, as the engine approached
he moved as though he intended te cress
te the south side, when the engine was
within a few reds of him he dcliheiately
lay down with his neck across the north
rail of the south track his feet extended
towards the south rail. Witness at
once notified the engineer that there was a
man en the track, but at the same instant
the engine struck him and he saw his head
roll off te the side of the track. The
engineer whistled down brakes, -but the
entire train of thirty cars passed ever him
before the train could he stepped.
R. E.Fidher, the conductor of the train,
was in the caboose at the rear Of the traiu
when the engineer whistled down brakes.
He supposed an axle had broken or some
ether accident happened the train. As
seen as it was stepped he jumped off ami
saw the headless trunk of a man wedged
between two ties en the south track, aud
his head lying a few feet away. Almest
all the clothing had been tern from the
man's body, and one of his arms was cut
off. The mau was of small stature and
witness thinks the cew-catclier did net
strike him but passed ever him as he lay
between the rails. He took the body from
the track aud placed the dissevered head
besides it.
Abraham Peters, husband of the first
named witness, corroborated his wife's
testimony, as te Blymcr's great distress
about his wife and children, and his fre
quent threats te end his life- by suicide.
Before leaving witness' house en Monday
he requested witness te take care of his
children. He had no money and witness
refused te give him any, believing he
would spend it for drink, as he had spent
all the money he had received from the
sale of Lis furniture. He said it was hia
intention te walk te Philadelphia.
The coroner's jury composed of the fol
lowing named gentlemen,. C. A. Gast, D.
B. Shiffer, W. P. Compteu, Henry S.
Shenk, Emanuel Shay, and Thes. F. Mc
Elligott returned a verdict otfele de se.
SOUJVL-N UEATII
Of the Widow at a Murdered Soldier.
On Sunday morning Lydia A. Oatman
of Eden township, died very suddenly at
the residence of her father-in-law, Sheridan
Oatman, near the old oil mil), in that
township. Deputy Corener Jehn Warden
having cnpanneled a jury consisting of E.
B. Fritz, J. M. Shaub, Chas. H. Geiger,
G. J. P. Raub, Samuel H. Witmer and
L. T. Ilensel, held au inquest, and after
examining some half dozen witnesses re
turned a verdiet of death from apelcxy,
Dr. II . E. Raub Of Quarry ville acting as
coroner's physiciau..
Mrs. Oatman was about 45 years old, and
has been for the last two years in a feeble
state of mind. Her husband, Jehn Oat
man, enlisted early in the late war and
taken te New Yerk, where he was shipped
en be'aid a man-of-war for Beaufort, N.
C, hut during the passage he was mur
dered aud his body thrown overboard. She
has been drawing a pension and would
have received some $400 back pay next
mouth.
Assault and Uattery.
Ned Hunter, colored, was arrested and
taken before Alderman Samseu 'en a
charge of as.sault and battery en a boy
named Lechler. It seems that a party of
boys were teasing and annoying Hunter,
who finally picked up a stone and threw it
at Lcchlerj striking him upon the head,
knocking him down and inflicting a rather
severe wound. Hunter gave bat' fir a
hearing.
Antheny Reilly, who is employed at the
Peuu iron works, appeared at Alderman
MeCouemy's this morning in a badly bat
tered condition, lie stated that he was
walking last evening in the eastern pirt
of the city when he was set upon by a
gang of men, three of whom were named
Kilchrist, Brimmer and Utzingcr, who,
without any provocation, assaulted him,
knocked him down, kicked him, stoned
him and otherwise despitcfuliy used him.
He made complaint against the three
above named and the alderman iesucd
wai rants for their arrest.
A AVcK-atislied Kditer.
ElilerJ. F. Welshampcra Torch or TrullK-
The Torch of Truth, small as it Is, was
quoted in a sermon a couple of Sunday
age en a theological point by an able Lan
caster pnlpit ; and our sprightly daily
Lancaster Intelligencer quoted a num
ber of last month's editorials from our
columns te show that the editor of the
Torch is net afraid te say what he may
think ; and the fraternity of the daily Lan
caster Examiner having most kindly and
unexpectedly raised us half-a-hundred
subscribers for this volume, we are start
ing out with sails filled with favorable
winds.
l'lMsnlxvlile Railroad.
Jehn
Keller was in the vicinity of
Frazer
a day or two age, endeavoring te
make anangements with property holders
along the line of the Jfheenixville railroad
in refcrence te damages ever the land
which the read will pass.
Justice or tlse Peace.
Governer Heyt has appointed as justice
of the peace for Providence township
Martin Reese, jr., the commission te date
from Anril 3. 1882. and run until the first
Monday of May, 1883.
LUC At. TOIUCUO TRADE.
The Continued Activity Among Dealers.-
Dealers in the weed continue active.
Everyday a dozen or mero bnyers leave
their hotels in this city and drive te the
country and pick up such lets as appear te .
them te be worth the prices demanded.
They complain, however. that geed goods
arc scarce and held tee high. Even second
grade leaf is "getting scarce, aud low grades
are net superabundant.
Following are ealea reported by our
Bird-in-Iland correspondent; :
Samuel Kellenberger te Sigel & Mernn,
1 acre at 23, 12, 5, 3.
Jonathan Stelfyfur te same 3 acres at Ze,
18,6,3.
Jeseph Kellenberger 1 aero te same at
23, 13, 3. ,.
Jacob Wi6e te same i acres at 1 e, e, J.
Philip Keener 1 acre te wmeat 15, 5, a.
B. R. Merri has made the following
purchases : Jacob R. Hcrr 1 aero at 20, 9, 2.
Jehn R. Herr- te same 1$ acres at 18,
3 2
' William .H. Kiev te 6ame 1 acre at 6J
around. . . .
Solemon In i' te same i acre at 13, 2,
Jacob. St. "w- 1 Jeseph Lcdermau2
acres at 10, ', 3. , .. -
Samuel Ke!!euberg;er te B. S. Ivendig &
Ce. 1 acre at 19, 10, 5, -T , ,
Samuel Steltzfur te J. idcnniin 3 acres
at IU, e, e. iq m r
Faucis Fabriau te same J 3CiJ,1' w
3- A c
Mr. J. W. Rhodes has get 17$ instead of
Vj around as heietofere mentioned.
Vm. II. Simmen $ acre te S. S. Wisser
Bird-in-haud for 11$ around.
B. Heur te same at 15, 3.
There has been held during the week
some 200 or 300 cases, but the parties te
the transactions keep the prices private.
They are understood te have been a little
stiff.
Farmei-. are beginning te prepare for
the crop of the coming summer. Most
of them have their seed beds in geed con
dition ; seme h .ve plants well advanced,
protected under bristles, canvass or glass.
A few have commenced spring
plowing, ;m d neon there will be
a general m.ivc along the whole
line, toward the putting in of the crop.
Just hew i,u ".. the acreage may be, is net
known. Heretofore there has been a Bteady
increase, ami the present year will prob
ably be no exception ; but some well in
formed people assert that the acreage in
this count y, :.ml piebably in the state, will
be less than that of last year. They have
their belief from the fact that for a yeifr or
two past, large numbers of the farmed
have become discouraged by reason of the.
uncertainty of the crop, the heavy losses
entailed by a failure, and the imposition
they are sometimes subjected te at the
hands of dealers.
In the I.bwcr Kurt.
The tobacco market iu the lower end
btill continue brisk, and for the small
amount still in the hands el the growers
there has been during the last wee.k
goodly number of buyers in the field. The
principal of these lias been Buckwalter
for Reseuwald, who has bought largely,
and B. G. Herr, forHestettcr, wheBhipped
a carload from Quarryville en Saturday.
Among his jiu:eha'ses were three acres
from Dr. Sides at lp, 8, 0, 3 ; Rebert
Clark, U acres at 12, 5, tf ; Ress C. Col Cel
lins, 1 acre at 6 cents through. He also
bought ." acres from Cbas. Acheron at
private terms. L. T. Hcnsel bought of
II. II. Keen, 2 acres at 12V, 9, 5, 3, be
sides several ether crops at private terms.
Anether week's pui chases will about fin
ish up the purchasing in the Lewer End,
where it I. as been eeuerally conceded that
the cren was the best ever crown, and
has brought
whole seaien.
square prices during the
A GIFT TO OOWEN.
Presented With a Mugnlllcent Silver Vase.
President Franklin B. Gowan, of the
Philadelphia & Ecadimr railroad, was
agreeably surprised yesterday afternoon,
when a number of gentlemen, prominently
identified with the anthracite coal in
terests, entcied his office, accompanied by
two stalwart messengers, bearing between
them a large brass-bound case et pellished
oak, which, upon being removed from its
base, disclosed one of the handsomest sil
ver and geld centre pieces ever manufac
tured in this country.
It was iu the form of a vase and is said te
have cost $2,000. Bailey, Banks & Biddle,
who designed and manufactured the vase,
say it is the largest single piece ever turned
out in their establishment. It consists
of a massive illiptical or oval bowl of. ham
mered oxidized silver, thirty inches in
length, lined inside with hammered and
fluted geld, aud decorated at the Hides
with feu.' wlver medallions, eacli support
ed by au . aamented curved bracket with
rich geld leunticgs. The front medallion
bears in ftill relief, in geld, a bust of Mr.
Gewen, which is a very faithful and ad
mirable portrait, while the opposite me
dallion li.'va a similar representation of
Jeseph B. 7hite, the father of the coal
industry. Tfte compan'en medallion pieces
at the cue's of ths bowl are engraved with
the names of t'le'cn -.
The principal feature of the base is a
magnificently executed specimen of an
thracite coal, showing with exact fidelity
its peculiar oenchoidal fracture. The
bowl rests upon this, which is itself sup
ported by rows of bordering, widening at
the br.v. and enriched with decorative
represrii-;'tiens of the coal flora of Penn
Bylraum, white around the base are four
groupings of the eeal industry the pick,
spade and thevel enriched with beautifully-executed
laurel wreaths and berries.
The top rim of the vase bears the inscrip
tion, in raised letters, " Presented te
Franklin B. Gewen as a " token of our
giateful remembrance of his services in
suppressing lawless violence and re-establishing
security for life and property in
the anthracite coal regions of Pennsylva
nia." The presentation speech was made by
Jehn E. Graeff, who in his remarks al
luded te Mr. Gewen's valuable services in
ridding the coal regions of the infamous
Mellie Maguire organization which had se
long terrei ized it. The list of the donors
includes twenty-one names all prominently
identified with the coal interests of the
btatc. and among them that of Mr. Thes.
Bauir.gardner, of this city.
Slet-tlue of the Kmplre.
Last evening the Empire hook and lad
der company held their regular monthly
meeting in the truck house.
Resolutions were passed authorizing
the president te appoint a committee of
seven te dmft a new constitution and by
laws. The last lepert of the trustees and di
rectors under the old volunteer system
were read. Of the latter the report read
by Jehn C. Carter was quite interesting,
as he refeired in touching terms te the old
fire department and the life of a fireman.
A. S. Edwards was elected a delegate te
the state firemen's association with Israel
Carpenter as alternate.
a he Telegraph! Wre Alarm.
This forenoon it was found that the cir
cuit of the telegraph fire alarm had been
broken. Chief Engineer Hewell and
Jacob Hatz, of the telegraph company, at
once started out and visited all of the
boxes. They found that Bex 63, at Duke,
German and Church streets, was out of
order, and in making an examination the
bell of the Empire house was struck. ' Ne
alarm was caused, however. This box
will be cut off until the repairs aie made.
Mayer's Oevrt.
A drunken woman was discharged by
the mayor this morning and a man wzi
sent te jail for 5 bays.